"Hogwarts is not a school, but a faith." When we mention "Harry Potter", we will think of the exquisitely crafted wands, the complicated spells, the wonderful creatures ; I will think of Professor Snape's "Always"; I will think of Dumbledore's wisdom and vicissitudes of life and full of loving eyes; I will think of myself lying on the balcony and waiting for the owl at the age of eleven... Of the seven films in the Harry Potter series, I secretly prefer the fourth one: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It is not only a restoration of the novel, but also a good film with an extraordinarily grand and exquisite production.
Director: There are eight films in the "Harry Potter" series, and four directors have changed. Mike Newell, who directed the fourth film, has only directed this film in the entire series, which makes this film relatively Compared with other films, it has a more special personal style. To explore this specific style, I went to two of his other works: "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "The Traitor," and found that many of the scenes were similar in purpose. Most notable is his handling of the ball scene, whether it's the Christmas ball in "Gblet of Fire" or the ball scene at the wedding in "Four Weddings and a Funeral", or "The Traitor". The balls that Li Lao Zuo took Donnie to, all had a strong British style, natural, elegant, reserved, and noble, not too high-profile and luxurious and indulgent. This British style may have something to do with his study experience. He graduated from the English Department of Cambridge University and then entered Granada TV to study. From childhood to adulthood, he was exposed to pure British high society, so these will be reflected in his works. There are more obvious manifestations.
Acting: As you all know, the protagonists of the Harry Potter films are always the same, but I would say that in this series only exists in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire The actor who left a lasting impression on me: Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory . He was only 19 years old at the time, so he was still a bit young and unskilled when he played the role of Cedric, which resulted in the interpretation of some details not being close to the original text, which would give people a different feeling from the book. In the books in particular, Cedric is a very popular figure, but also has the virtues of humility. And Pattinson's interpretation is not so obvious, sometimes it makes people feel that he is a little hypocritical. For example, when Harry went to tell him that the first project was dragons, he said he didn't want his classmates to wear badges that humiliated Harry, but he couldn't stop it. But when he said this line, his expressions and movements were not well controlled, which made people feel a little hypocritical. Later, he became the star of "Twilight". I have to say that his appearance is very in line with Edward's image, and his acting skills have also improved to a certain extent. And the soulful aristocratic temperament is reflected. However, the fly in the ointment is that when shooting emotionally explosive scenes, you can't master your own expressions, and sometimes they are too hideous. For example, in "Twilight" at the end of the movie, when he fought with James, the distorted expression on his face is still To a certain extent, it affects the perception of the film. Until later he appeared in "Good Times", in which his acting really surprised me. He played a character who robbed a bank, his younger brother was arrested, and was desperate to save his younger brother. What really struck me was not that he played a scruffy robber with that face, but that he played at the end of the film.
Characters: Analyzing characters I will also start with a few more special characters from Goblet of Fire. In fact, the reason why this movie is good is because Rowling, as an extremely excellent writer, has shaped everyone's character traits very prominently, and there must be an impressive memory point. For example, when Rowling portrayed the role of "Cedric", she portrayed him as a perfect image: good-looking, good grades, humble and polite, and loved by teachers and classmates. But such a perfect character died tragically at the hands of a timid and cowardly follower of black magic like Wormtail, and he did not have any cause of death, just because Voldemort found him to be troublesome when he was resurrected. The fall of such a perfect character will give people a feeling of sadness and helplessness, increase the contradiction between good and evil, and at the same time use the sympathy of the viewers for the character's encounter to mobilize their emotions and become more Intense, more hatred of evil forces. When creating the roles of Fleur and Krum, she also highlighted their respective characteristics well: one is a peerless beauty with Veela blood, and the other is the world's top Quidditch Seeker. And these two are from other schools. In fact, the fourth part is a window from the simple "Harry Potter world" to the entire magical world. Through the fourth part, we learned that there is more than one magic school in Hogwarts. , and the entire magical world has its own extremely grand setting, and even has its own history. These two students here, who are also contestants in the Triwizard Tournament, have opened a window to a larger magical world. At the same time, although the headmaster of Krum's school was a Death Eater and escaped in the end, Krum was still willing to help Harry, and even silently fell in love with Hermione, which symbolized the influence of black magic on a new generation Getting smaller and smaller, everyone stood in the "good" justice, suggesting the final ending of the story.
Narrative: The narrative of the film is also worth mentioning. It left a suspense right from the start: Who put Harry in the Triwizard Tournament? Who wants to risk his life? This suspense runs through 3/4 of the movie, our emotions follow Harry's ups and downs as he encounters danger and escapes again and again, and at the end when he and Diggory get the trophy that symbolizes victory, we all give away In one breath - the reversal occurred at this time, the trophy was replaced by a door key, and both he and Diggory were taken to a place they did not know. At this time, the people watching the movie thought: The big Boss Voldemort hasn't appeared yet, how can it end? The subsequent episodes were filled with terror and darkness, Voldemort was resurrected, the Death Eaters were reunited, and Harry was almost killed... Harry tried his best to escape, but found that the teacher who had always helped him and trusted the most was the one who wanted to. The man who killed him... The second half of the film is full of reversals, unexpected, emotional ups and downs, very attractive, and has the ability to be revisited many times over. It is a pity that the film has less or changed some details compared with the original in the narrative, perhaps for the convenience of shooting, or because of lack of time, so if you have not seen "Harry Potter" or the original At first it was difficult to figure out what the main character of the movie was doing. This is basically an unavoidable problem of all novels made into movies: how to properly handle the connection between the length of the film and the coherence of the plot.
Values: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" is one of the Harry Potter series, so the values he wants to convey are no different from other films, mainly the pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty and hatred of evil and ugliness. This can be clearly seen from the main contradiction in the whole series: the contradiction between the good wizard headed by Harry Potter and the dark wizard headed by Voldemort. At the same time, in the movie, through the design of characters, the lighting of the scene, etc., the hatred of evil and ugliness is expressed. For example, the villain Lord Voldemort looks pale and ugly, has no nose, and every time he appears in a very dark corner, etc. . The movie also promotes the great role of "love", as well as the idea of firm belief and evil, and it is a movie with very positive values.
Shots: One of the shots in the movie that caught my eye was when Harry walked into the maze as he passed the third level. The beginning of the shot is the back of Harry walking forward cautiously in the fog. The maze walls on both sides form a very deep picture, so that the viewer's visual center is placed in the center of the screen, that is, Harry's back. superior. Then the camera was raised and zoomed out, slowly revealing a full view of the maze from a bird's-eye view. It was still covered with fog. Harry's back, who had just been in the center of the audience's vision, disappeared suddenly, leaving only the intricate maze. It gives people a mysterious and huge feeling, contrasting with Harry's thin back, giving readers a feeling of tension and anxiety, suggesting the danger of this maze, creating suspense, making people worry about what will happen to Harry afterward, and attracting audiences. attention. Another shot is when Dumbledore gave a speech in memory of Cedric at the end of the film. The camera was shot from the back of the auditorium, so everyone's backs were all within the scope of the camera, and the center of the camera was Dumbledore. But before Dumbledore finished speaking and said, "So let's celebrate the boy who was kind and honest, and brave and true, right to the very end," the camera pans up to show the audience Hogwarts Rows of black flags hung in the Auditorium, and then lifted up again to photograph a beam of sunlight passing through the windows of the dome, which contrasted with the gloom and dullness of the auditorium just now, recalling Cedric, The boy who is as beautiful as the sun also gives people warmth and hope. Both of these two shots are more than ten seconds long, but the content displayed and the atmosphere created are very effective.
Art design: Needless to say, the art design of "Harry Potter" blows directly. Because I was fortunate enough to have been to Harry Potter's studio, "the making of Harry Potter" outside London, I have some ideas about how some scenes were shot. For example, a shot that I like to use in this series of movies is to follow the flight path of an owl to show the outer wall of Hogwarts Castle, and this castle has a real model, which is very grand and detailed. All the exterior wall shots were taken of this model and then some post-processing was done. At the same time, what is more special in this movie is the costumes of everyone at the dance. What impresses me more is that Qiu Zhang's dress is like a cheongsam. Considering her cultural background as a Chinese, it fits the character image very well, and is more in line with her temperament, so people like it very much. Harry Potter's set of props is very large, and the requirements are very precise. In order to shoot some objects with a sense of magic that does not push automatically, they used various internal mechanical devices to make these props move, and the actors played some normal people. For characters with different statures, various simulated headgears will be created. What I have to boast about here is that when Harry Potter ate the herbs given by Neville and grew gills and fins, the special effects team gave Harry plaster casts to achieve these appearances. After a long process of makeup, he was finally able to shoot in the water without special effects. But the fly in the ointment of the props group is that at least in this movie, Cedric's body is a bit fake, so it's easy to give people a sense of distortion, and it's a bit difficult to substitute emotions. The shooting team also discovered this problem, so they did not give too many close-ups of the corpse, but focused on shooting the reactions of other people.
How many people's childhood is the "Harry Potter" series... If you are not a fan of Harry Potter, you will never know why, when we see the broom shouting up, why do we like the bird like owl, and why it is written over and over in the book I drew a triangle with a circle and a vertical in it, why do you yearn for London, England, why do you like robes, why do you like black-rimmed glasses, why the corners of your eyes fog up when you see "always", and why, when you are over 12 years old Lying in front of the window on my birthday and crying. How many people's dream is Hogwarts, thanks to JK Rowling, and also to the 4 previous directors of Harry Potter, for creating an unparalleled and beautiful magical world for us.
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